Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From materials to applications

L Zhang, XL Shi, YL Yang, ZG Chen - Materials today, 2021 - Elsevier
With the ever-growing development of multifunctional and miniature electronics, the
exploring of high-power microwatt-milliwatt self-charging technology is highly essential …

Review of current high-ZT thermoelectric materials

J Wei, L Yang, Z Ma, P Song, M Zhang, J Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
Thermoelectric materials are capable of converting heat and electricity to each other.
Thermoelectric devices can be miniaturized and highly integrated with existing …

Flexible layer-structured Bi2Te3 thermoelectric on a carbon nanotube scaffold

Q Jin, S Jiang, Y Zhao, D Wang, J Qiu, DM Tang… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Inorganic chalcogenides are traditional high-performance thermoelectric materials.
However, they suffer from intrinsic brittleness and it is very difficult to obtain materials with …

Intelligent wearable devices based on nanomaterials and nanostructures for healthcare

L Xie, Z Zhang, Q Wu, Z Gao, G Mi, R Wang, H Sun… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Emerging classes of flexible electronic sensors as alternatives to conventional rigid sensors
offer a powerful set of capabilities for detecting and quantifying physiological and physical …

Cellulose fiber-based hierarchical porous bismuth telluride for high-performance flexible and tailorable thermoelectrics

Q Jin, W Shi, Y Zhao, J Qiao, J Qiu, C Sun… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Porous modification is a general approach to endowing the rigid inorganic thermoelectric
(TE) materials with considerable flexibility, however, by which the TE performances are …

Controlling the thermoelectric properties of polymers: application to PEDOT and polypyrrole

M Culebras, B Uriol, CM Gómez… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT) and polypyrrole (PPy) films have been
prepared by an electrochemical method in a three electrode cell. The films have been …

Thermoelectric films and periodic structures and spin Seebeck effect systems: Facets of performance optimization

N Nandihalli - Materials Today Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing market for sensors, Internet of Things, and wearable devices is fueling the
development of low-cost energy-harvesting materials and systems. Film based …

Decoupling phonon and carrier scattering at carbon nanotube/Bi2Te3 interfaces for improved thermoelectric performance

Y Zhao, Y Li, J Qiao, S Jiang, P Mao, J Qiu, S Kang… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Inorganic semiconductor-carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid is a new type of promising flexible
thermoelectric (TE) material for efficient thermal energy recovery and positive cooling …

High performance flexible thermoelectric generator using bulk legs and integrated electrodes for human energy harvesting

N Kuang, A Niu, W Wang, Z Zuo, T Zhan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flexible thermoelectric generator (FTEG) shows the possibility as a power supply for
wearable devices, where FTEG can convert human body heat into electrical energy based …

Enhanced electrical properties of stoichiometric Bi0. 5Sb1. 5Te3 film with high-crystallinity via layer-by-layer in-situ Growth

X Mu, H Zhou, D He, W Zhao, P Wei, W Zhu, X Nie… - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The preparation of high-performance Bi 2 Te 3-based films is vitally important for the
miniaturization of Bi 2 Te 3 thermoelectric (TE) device. Herein, a series of stoichiometric Bi …